How to uninstall Firebase CLI (firebase-tools)

Question

I install Firebase CLI (firebase-tools) https://github.com/firebase/firebase-tools by this code:

curl -sL firebase.tools | bash

How to uninstall it totally?

Markitamarkka

You might want to post an issue on the GitHub that you linked to so they can update the documentation. – Fortuna

Answer 1

You can type which firebase on the command line and check the location. Then rm <location>

on mac the location is /usr/local/bin/firebase

Gavrielle

Thanks. I can find it. It's 109.3 MB. Can this way remove firebase totally? – Markitamarkka

To actually delete: sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/firebase – Inglis

see below for a better method for those who installed with npm install -g firebase-tools. Short answer: npm uninstall -g firebase-tools – Cogitable

npm uninstall -g firebase-tools does not work in all cases. Just do that then run firebase then you'll see it wasn't uninstalled. The @Gavrielle solution is the one which actually works. – Guthrun

if you rm an executable, dont forget to run hash -r to rebuild the index of executables, otherwise you might get -bash: /usr/local/bin/firebase: No such file or directory – Mutineer

Answer 2

If you install firebase like
curl -sL https://firebase.tools | bash

Just use this to uninstall.
curl -sL firebase.tools | uninstall=true bash

Unders

I'm gonna vote for this because it's probably the most future proof – Cozza

Answer 3

Run:

npm uninstall -g firebase-tools

Selfwinding

npm uninstall -g firebase-tools does not work in all cases. Just do that then run firebase then you'll see it wasn't uninstalled. The @Gavrielle solution is the one which actually works. – Guthrun

This is not related to the method of installation that the original poster has specified. – Lighthearted

Answer 4

Just for people who installed firebase via

npm install -g firebase-tools

typing which firebase and rm <location> as in the first answer will not uninstall all components.

You should uninstall via

npm uninstall -g firebase-tools

as recommended in the second answer.

Griffis

npm uninstall -g firebase-tools does not work in all cases. Just do that then run firebase then you'll see it wasn't uninstalled. The @Gavrielle solution is the one which actually works. – Guthrun